Tag: SSI

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SSI for Disabled Immigrants: Why Do Ethnic Networks Matter?

Working Paper by and

February 28, 2013

Abstract Immigrants residing among many people who share their ethnic background are especially likely to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for a disability when they belong to high SSI take-up immigrant groups. After showing that this relationship cannot be fully explained by differences in health, we consider the likely sources of these network effects by…

Doctor using stethoscope listening to senior patient breathing at her house – using face mask

What Is the Long-Term Impact of Zebley on Adult and Child Outcomes?

Working Paper by and

January 4, 2013

Abstract In 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Sullivan v. Zebley case fundamentally changed, albeit temporarily, the criteria under which children qualified for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program based on disability.  Instead of a system based on medical criteria alone, 1996 enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)…

The Rise in Disability Recipiency and the Decline in Unemployment

Working Paper by and

September 7, 2002

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The Supplemental Security Income Program and Incentives to Take up Social Security Early Retirement: Empirical Evidence from Matched SIPP and Social Security Administrative Files

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September 6, 2001